Senior Software Test Engineer - Belay Technologies
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 15, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 12, 2026.
Belay Technologies has been voted Baltimore Business Journal's (BBJ) Best Places to Work 2019, runner up in 2020 and a finalist in 2021!
Belay Technologies is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our intel team. The candidate will analyze system requirements to develop evaluation and test plans and procedures, prepare for and conduct data collection and analysis, and report status and results. They will support software quality assessment through testing, automation of test procedures, development of test plans, procedures, and traceability matrices, and execution of test events. Responsibilities also include performing functional, regression, integration, validation, and compliance testing, as well as documenting and verifying software discrepancies and fixes. Additionally, the candidate should have the ability to mentor other test engineers and provide guidance in day-to-day tasks.
Candidates should have the following qualifications:
- TS/SCI Clearance with polygraph
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher in computer engineering or in a field related to the computer engineering or computer science disciplines
- 8 years of Software Engineering experience
- An additional 4+ years of Software Engineering experience may be substituted for the degree for a total of 12 years
- 3 years’ work experience in the SIGINT, IA, or IT domains
Candidates are required to have the following skills:
- Excellent oral and written communication skills - able to clearly communicate architecture and design concepts
- Ability to write technical documentation including wiki sites, blogs, XML/HTML
- Strong organizational and time management skills, including the ability to multi-task and work independently with minimum supervision to meet deadlines
- High level proficiency and skill with java software development
- Java/JEE programming building robust, scalable, secure, and high-performance applications
- Familiarity with GIT version control and Maven build tools
- Spring/Spring Boot
- Development with MongoDB Document Databases
- Experience with Oauth2/Open ID Connect development
- Continuous Integration / continuous Deployment Infrastructure (Docker, Gitlab, etc.)
- Deploying services to AWS EC2
- Junit/Mock Testing Frameworks
- PKI encryption and authentication
Perks and Benefits:
- 8 weeks paid leave - 4 weeks of personal leave, 3 Yay! days, take off on your birthday,11 paid holidays and optional leave up to 6 days through Belay's volunteer program
- 10% matching in 401(k) contributions vested on day one
- $5,000 annual training/tuition
- Student Loan Repayment Program
- 100% company-funded HSA
- Rich medical coverage (100% coinsurance)
- Dental coverage including orthodontia
- Up to $420,000 in life insurance, premiums 100% company funded
- Amazon Prime, gym reimbursement, monthly lunches, games and prizes
- Pet adoption program, generous referral bonus program, fun events, and more!
At Belay, we are committed to creating an environment where you can thrive both professionally and personally. We believe in transparency and fairness in compensation. Several factors influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, education, specific skills and competencies and certifications. Belay offers a competitive total compensation package that includes benefits and perks, a flexible work-life balance, and career development.
Salary Range: $190,000 to $240,000
Belay Technologies is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business located in Columbia, Maryland (Baltimore/Washington area). Belay Technologies specializes in systems automation and full stack development. Belay Technologies provides leading technology and engineering solutions to the DoD, as well as state-of-the-art commercial products. We hire software engineers, web designers, test engineers, systems engineers, systems administrators, database engineers and other tech services. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.